Clarence Gardens is an inner southern suburb of Metropolitan
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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in the
City of Mitcham, 4.6 kilometres south of the City Centre.
It is bounded to the north by
Cross Road, the west by
South Road
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, the east by Winston Avenue and the south by Edward Street.
There are many sporting venues in Clarence Gardens which include the Clarence Gardens Lawn Bowls club and the Clarence Gardens Rugby club, both of which are in the A.A. Bailey Recreational Ground facility.
''Clarence Gardens'' Post Office opened on 1 August 1946. It was renamed ''Clarence Gardens North'' in 1967 on the same day ''Edwardstown'' office (open since 1850) was renamed ''Clarence Gardens''. The ''Clarence Gardens North'' office closed in 1980 and ''Clarence Gardens'' reverted to ''Edwardstown'' in 1987.
References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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